TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 69, Issue 9 (May (1) 2006)

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Editorials

Nephrologists Sans Frontières: Chronic kidney disease in Japan

Sei Sasaki

Kidney Int 69: 1485-1486; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000415

Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine: my early days

Saulo Klahr Senior Reviews Editor

Kidney Int 69: 1487-1488; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000423

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Nephrology Image

Infected right atrial thrombus associated with a tunneled hemodialysis catheter FREE

P B Mark and R K Wan

Kidney Int 69: 1489; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000441

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Commentaries

The PPARalpha ligand fenofibrate: meeting multiple targets in diabetic nephropathy

Z Varghese, J F Moorhead and X Z Ruan

Kidney Int 69: 1490-1491; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000180

See also: Original Article by Park et al.

The arrow of bioimpedance

D Schneditz

Kidney Int 69: 1492-1493; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000125

See also: Original Article by Kraemer et al.

Water-only pores and peritoneal dialysis

M Flessner

Kidney Int 69: 1494-1495; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000239

See also: Original Article by Ni et al.
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Journal Club

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Kidney Int 69: 1496-1497; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5001537

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Mini Reviews

Relaxin in cardiovascular and renal disease

C S Samuel and T D Hewitson

Kidney Int 69: 1498-1502; advance online publication, March 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000264

Renin/prorenin receptors

G Nguyen

Kidney Int 69: 1503-1506; advance online publication, March 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000265

Testing the homocysteine hypothesis in end-stage renal disease: Problems and a possible solution

L J Hoffer

Kidney Int 69: 1507-1510; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000279

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Original Articles

Basic Research

PPARalpha agonist fenofibrate improves diabetic nephropathy in db/db mice

C W Park, Y Zhang, X Zhang, J Wu, L Chen, D R Cha, D Su, M-T Hwang, X Fan, L Davis, G Striker, F Zheng, M Breyer and Y Guan

Kidney Int 69: 1511-1517; advance online publication, March 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000209

See also: Commentary by Varghese et al.
Aquaporin-1 plays an essential role in water permeability and ultrafiltration during peritoneal dialysis

J Ni, J-M Verbavatz, A Rippe, I Boisdé, P Moulin, B Rippe, A S Verkman and O Devuyst

Kidney Int 69: 1518-1525; advance online publication, March 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000285

See also: Commentary by Flessner
Reactive oxygen species deglycosilate glomerular alpha-dystroglycan

N P J Vogtländer, W P M Tamboer, M A H Bakker, K P Campbell, J van der Vlag and J H M Berden

Kidney Int 69: 1526-1534; advance online publication, March 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000138

Simvastatin improves sepsis-induced mortality and acute kidney injury via renal vascular effects

H Yasuda, P S T Yuen, X Hu, H Zhou and R A Star

Kidney Int 69: 1535-1542; advance online publication, March 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000300

Angiotensin II production and distribution in the kidney: I. A kinetic model

M A D H Schalekamp and A H J Danser

Kidney Int 69: 1543-1552; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000303

Angiotensin II production and distribution in the kidney – II. Model-based analysis of experimental data

M A D H Schalekamp and A H J Danser

Kidney Int 69: 1553-1557; advance online publication, March 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000305

Transcriptome analysis of a rat PKD model: Importance of genes involved in extracellular matrix metabolism

M Riera, S Burtey and M Fontés

Kidney Int 69: 1558-1563; advance online publication, March 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000309

Autocrine class 3 semaphorin system regulates slit diaphragm proteins and podocyte survival

F Guan, G Villegas, J Teichman, P Mundel and A Tufro

Kidney Int 69: 1564-1569; advance online publication, March 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000313

Expression and localization of MT1-MMP and furin in the glomerular wall of short- and long-term diabetic rats

E Boucher, G Mayer, I Londono and M Bendayan

Kidney Int 69: 1570-1577; advance online publication, March 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000316

Transforming growth factor beta regulates cyclooxygenase-2 in glomerular mesangial cells

P Harding, L Balasubramanian, J Swegan, A Stevens and W F Glass II

Kidney Int 69: 1578-1585; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000323

Effect of cinacalcet on urine calcium excretion and supersaturation in genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rats

D A Bushinsky, K LaPlante and J R Asplin

Kidney Int 69: 1586-1592; advance online publication, March 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000324

Ras modulation of superoxide activates ERK-dependent fibronectin expression in diabetes-induced renal injuries

C-L Lin, F-S Wang, Y-R Kuo, Y-T Huang, H-C Huang, Y-C Sun and Y-H Kuo

Kidney Int 69: 1593-1600; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000329

S1P1-selective agonist, SEW2871, ameliorates ischemic acute renal failure

Y-HH Lien, K-C Yong, C Cho, S Igarashi and L-W Lai

Kidney Int 69: 1601-1608; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000360

Clinical Research

Detection limit of methods to assess fluid status changes in dialysis patients

M Kraemer, C Rode and V Wizemann

Kidney Int 69: 1609-1620; advance online publication, February 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000286

See also: Commentary by Schneditz
Cross-sectional validity of a modified Edmonton symptom assessment system in dialysis patients: A simple assessment of symptom burden

S N Davison, G S Jhangri and J A Johnson

Kidney Int 69: 1621-1625; advance online publication, January 18, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000184

Etiology and prognostic significance of severe uremic pruritus in chronic hemodialysis patients

I Narita, B Alchi, K Omori, F Sato, J Ajiro, D Saga, D Kondo, M Skatsume, S Maruyama, J J Kazama, K Akazawa and F Gejyo

Kidney Int 69: 1626-1632; advance online publication, February 8, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000251

Conditionally immortalized human glomerular endothelial cells expressing fenestrations in response to VEGF

S C Satchell, C H Tasman, A Singh, L Ni, J Geelen, C J von Ruhland, M J O'Hare, M A Saleem, L P van den Heuvel and P W Mathieson

Kidney Int 69: 1633-1640; advance online publication, March 22, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000277

Renal pathology in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: A new perspective

S Troyanov, L Roasio, M Pandes, A M Herzenberg and D C Cattran

Kidney Int 69: 1641-1648; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000289

Body composition analysis with bioelectric impedance in adult Indians with ESRD: Comparison with healthy population

V Jha, A Jairam, M C Sharma, V Sakhuja, A Piccoli and S Parthasarathy

Kidney Int 69: 1649-1653; advance online publication, April 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000293

Local VEGF activity but not VEGF expression is tightly regulated during diabetic nephropathy in man

B Hohenstein, B Hausknecht, K Boehmer, R Riess, R A Brekken and C P M Hugo

Kidney Int 69: 1654-1661; advance online publication, March 15, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000294

The predictive value of self-report scales compared with physician diagnosis of depression in hemodialysis patients

S S Hedayati, H B Bosworth, M Kuchibhatla, P L Kimmel and L A Szczech

Kidney Int 69: 1662-1668; advance online publication, April 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000308

'Low-dose' dopamine worsens renal perfusion in patients with acute renal failure

A Lauschke, U K M Teichgräber, U Frei and K-U Eckardt

Kidney Int 69: 1669-1674; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000310

Renal risk and renoprotection among ethnic groups with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: A post hoc analysis of RENAAL

D de Zeeuw, D Ramjit, Z Zhang, A B Ribeiro, K Kurokawa, J P Lash, J Chan, G Remuzzi, B M Brenner and S Shahinfar

Kidney Int 69: 1675-1682; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000326

Early post-transplant urinary IP-10 expression after kidney transplantation is predictive of short- and long-term graft function

M Matz, J Beyer, D Wunsch, M-F Mashreghi, M Seiler, J Pratschke, N Babel, H-D Volk, P Reinke and K Kotsch

Kidney Int 69: 1683-1690; advance online publication, March 29, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000343

Racial and ethnic differences in incident myocardial infarction in end-stage renal disease patients: The USRDS

B A Young, K Rudser, B Kestenbaum, S L Seliger, D Andress and E J Boyko

Kidney Int 69: 1691-1698; advance online publication, April 5, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000346

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The Renal Consult

A destructive nasal lesion and glomerulonephritis

F P Wilson, S H Nasr, G S Markowitz, E C Naylor, P L Sterman and V D D'Agati

Kidney Int 69: 1699-1703; advance online publication, March 1, 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000282

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Letter to the Editor

Management of hyperuricemia-associated endothelial dysfunction: From the bench to the clinical practice

M-Y Lai, C-C Lin, Y-Y Ng and W-C Yang

Kidney Int 69: 1704; doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000380

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